MORGANTOWN — Tuesday’s public input on the banning of conversion therapy was fairly lengthy as a dozen or so speakers addressed the issues — all but one encouraging its removal […]
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Mullins says he’s ready to provide documents for Westover investigation
WESTOVER — Westover City Attorney Tim Stranko said Monday the city’s recent public discourse has been more akin to blood sports than municipal governance. Moments later, Councilor Ralph Mullins wound […]
Commission to ask Morgantown Council to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day
MORGANTOWN — Who was Christopher Columbus? A devout Catholic and working-class man who spent a decade petitioning royal support for a voyage that altered the course of world history and […]
Carrier leaves MCHD for private practice, Kassar ‘next dentist up’
“I think his biggest challenge was trying to convince people that they could get top-of-the-line dental service at the health department,” Monongalia County Health Officer Dr. Lee Smith said. “He […]
MCHD will not offer monoclonal antibody infusions
MORGANTOWN — The Monongalia County Health Department does not intend to administer monoclonal antibody infusions. The treatment, which has emergency-use authorization from the FDA, is a 250 ml intravenous infusion […]
County holds town hall on broadband project
MORGANTOWN — While the completed plan isn’t expected until February, the community got a first look Wednesday at the Monongalia County Commission’s effort to bring broadband to every home in […]
Morgantown Council to consider ban on conversion therapy
MORGANTOWN — Child abuse, torture, medical malpractice. All, Andrew Schneider of Fairness West Virginia explained, are apt descriptors for conversion therapy — the practice of attempting to change someone’s sexual […]
Walk aims to bring suicide Out of the Darkness
MORGANTOWN — One death every 11 minutes. That’s 47,511 people. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that is how many Americans committed suicide in 2019 — the […]
Exit 153 overhaul on hold for now, changes to Exit 155 tentatively slated for 2022
MORGANTOWN — In fall 2016, I-79 Exit 153 was completed, providing direct access to University Town Centre and the burgeoning WestRidge development. In fall 2018, it was announced the exit […]
City, county using American Rescue Plan dollars to assist MUB with problem area
MORGANTOWN — Anyone who regularly drives by Shorty Anderson’s Auto Service, on Stewart Street, is familiar with the destructive nature of water. It doesn’t care about roads, or yards, or […]
